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Postal Insiders Say Rural Delivery Has Storied Past, Checkered Future In W.Va.

More than a century ago, USPS established a rural free delivery service in West Virginia that still exists today. But historians and industry insiders worry there may be risks in its future.

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October 1, 1896: Rural Free Mail Delivery Begins

On October 1, 1896, mail carriers fanned out into the Jefferson County countryside and launched the nation’s first Rural Free Delivery, known as RFD, in West Virginia.

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